Considering renting your home on airbnb?

[Barca]

You might want to reconsider.

http://cnews.canoe.com/CNEWS/Canada/2015/04/29/22372701.html

 

[red]

You might want to reconsider.

http://cnews.canoe.com/CNEWS/Canada/2015/04/29/22372701.html

This is also why this should be regulated. Imagine if your neighbour decided to do this and you had different people next door every day. Did you buy a house next to a hotel or in a residential neighbourhood

 

[canada-man]

nope.

 

[Buick Mackane]

This is also why this should be regulated. Imagine if your neighbour decided to do this and you had different people next door every day. Did you buy a house next to a hotel or in a residential neighbourhood

The same damage could result if parents went away and left a teenager home alone. Should parties be regulated by the governent?

 

[thirdcup]

No. In this case parties should be regulated by the parents. Teens are the responsibility of the parents.
I've never seen a home get trashed like that from a teen party, except in the movies.

 

[red]

The same damage could result if parents went away and left a teenager home alone. Should parties be regulated by the governent?

well it would happen once. anyways I wasn't talking about damage to the house I was talking about disrupting the quiet enjoyment of my property. if someone opened a hotel beside me I wouldn't be pleased. would you?

 

[nottyboi]

well it would happen once. anyways I wasn't talking about damage to the house I was talking about disrupting the quiet enjoyment of my property. if someone opened a hotel beside me I wouldn't be pleased. would you?

Why would you not be pleased? As long as it does not result in noise and wild partying, why would it affect you? How many condo buildings have you gone to that are brothel lol...

 

[Buick Mackane]

well it would happen once. anyways I wasn't talking about damage to the house I was talking about disrupting the quiet enjoyment of my property. if someone opened a hotel beside me I wouldn't be pleased. would you?

I wouldn't want the government to regulate partying beyond the current noise by-laws.

 

[GameBoy27]

I would imagine this is an extremely rare occurrence. Insurance will cover the repairs and the owners will move back in. An inconvenience for sure but I'm not sure "Government Regulation" would prevent this from happening. Hotel rooms get trashed all the time. File under, whatever!

 

[nottyboi]

I would imagine this is an extremely rare occurrence. Insurance will cover the repairs and the owners will move back in. An inconvenience for sure but I'm not sure "Government Regulation" would prevent this from happening. Hotel rooms get trashed all the time. File under, whatever!

I think AIR BNB includes compensation to a degree no? After all you do pay them commissions.

 

[Peegies]

it makes as much sense to regulate this as it does to regulate our hobby. Nobody is making you rent your property on airbnb

 

[destillat]

I think AIR BNB includes compensation to a degree no? After all you do pay them commissions.

airbnb is stepping up and covering the costs... they carry $1 million of insurance when you operate as a provider with them

 

[ChrisJunck]

But on the plus side, however bad the tenants are eventually they leave. Bad, noisy, unruly tenants also exist in the long term rental market and they are worse because its hard to get them to leave as the laws protect them.

 

[Nickelodeon]

Despite the comments above, this is a big deal in terms of by-laws in the city as well as condominium corporations. Most condo specifically forbid you as part of the terms of buying your condo (ie. you sign on for this deal) when you purchase. This is to protect the integrity of a private building so that it does not turn into a hotel, ie. disturbing other condo owners, etc. There are usually minimum rental provisions ie. 3 months, 6 months, 1 year etc. so that you can still buy it as an investment and rent it out...you just can't turn a private condo into a hotel room. If you don't like the terms of the condo agreement, don't buy it...invest your money somewhere else.

Evidence of these rules being bent is when I walk up to an SP's door and she opens it immediately without me knocking. They don't want to alert the neighbors that it's a short term rental brothel.

As a homeowner you might have the same expectations that city bylaws would protect the homeowners and neighbors.

 

[GameBoy27]

Despite the comments above, this is a big deal in terms of by-laws in the city as well as condominium corporations. Most condo specifically forbid you as part of the terms of buying your condo (ie. you sign on for this deal) when you purchase. This is to protect the integrity of a private building so that it does not turn into a hotel, ie. disturbing other condo owners, etc. There are usually minimum rental provisions ie. 3 months, 6 months, 1 year etc. so that you can still buy it as an investment and rent it out...you just can't turn a private condo into a hotel room. If you don't like the terms of the condo agreement, don't buy it...invest your money somewhere else.

Evidence of these rules being bent is when I walk up to an SP's door and she opens it immediately without me knocking. They don't want to alert the neighbors that it's a short term rental brothel.

As a homeowner you might have the same expectations that city bylaws would protect the homeowners and neighbors.

I still see no difference between renting your house for a night, weekend, week etc. and renting your cottage for the same time period. Private cottage rentals have been going on forever.

 

[katsrin]

The nice letter the homeowners left for the renter:

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/i...rbnb-renters-trashed-home-says-calgary-couple

 

[oil&gas]

I can understand why some people would like to rent out their
home residence while the whole family were away for extended
period like several months. But how common is it for people to
make their home available to stranger renters for a weekend's stay?

 

[asuran]

Wow, I can't describe how disgusting some people can be. Luckily for the home-owners, Airbnb will be taking care of the repair bills.

This is like the worse nightmare for any property owners.


http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...rashed-calgary-home-left-biohazards-1.3057288

A Calgary couple whose home was trashed by Airbnb renters say their house is full of biohazardous material and could take months to repair.

"Before I walked in the door, I was overwhelmed by the smell," said Star King.

"It literally looked like a huge garbage can."

She says insurance claim adjusters have estimated repairs will cost $50,000 to $75,000 and a restoration company has already inspected their house.

http://roadwarriorvoices.com/2015/0...-find-home-decimated-after-drug-induced-orgy/

Just hours after they forked over the keys to the renters, a party bus rolled up to the door and over 100 people streamed into the home.

 

[Chloë.]

I can understand why some people would like to rent out their
home residence while the whole family were away for extended
period like several months. But how common is it for people to
make their home available to stranger renters for a weekend's stay?

Quite common actually. Temporary stays are getting to be quite popular nowadays for out of towners who don't want the hotel option.

 

[oil&gas]

One of my ex-landlord would rent out one room in her townhouse to
vistors for temporary stay. In this case the entire home residence was
rented to strangers who were free to roam around in the absence of
the landlord. Doesn't sound like a smart thing to do.